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Old 12-03-2014, 08:56 AM
 
Location: Sacramento Mtns of NM
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As long as people are bringing up Colorado, let me mention Grand Junction
I had Montrose on my short list of places to retire before settling on southern NM when I did so. For the same reason given for living in Grand Junction. Beauty abounds in the area - spectacular beauty. But the land boom of the recent past had driven prices too high for my blood when I did take time to look around. The boom years have brought a huge improvement in infrastructure and renovations to older commercial areas, as well as that dreaded "urban sprawl" common to many cities. The land between GJ and Montrose is a wonderfully diverse and productive farming area.

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Old 12-03-2014, 10:26 AM
 
Location: north central Ohio
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As long as people are bringing up Colorado, let me mention Grand Junction, another place I've lived. One of the natives - a secretary at the clinic where I worked - used to refer to GJ as "the banana belt", meaning that it was much warmer and more temperate than the more alpine regions of Colorado. GJ is on the Western Slope, only about 40 miles east of the Utah border. It's a small city with fairly adequate resources and amenities. It is nestled in the Grand Valley ("Grand" was once what American settlers called the Colorado River). It has a wonderful national park of high canyon lands just west of town, the Colorado National Monument. I used to hike their constantly. To the east is the largest flat-top mountain in the world, the Grand Mesa, which includes a small, family oriented ski resort (not a touristy place and pretty much unknown to people outside Colorado, I think). I only lived there a couple of years, neither of which had much snow in the valley at all. The place is VERY dry. We had a swamp cooler, which was pretty normal around there, and you can only effectively use those in places with extremely low humidity (in Texas you used to find them out in the Permian Basin). We moved there in the month of December and the climate was so dry that we had to put lotion on our cats' paw pads because they got chapped. It was also the first time, at the age of 27, that I bought facial moisturizer. Certainly GJ does have a winter with some snow, but it really isn't bad at all. It's a very cute small city and I felt bad to move from there, but did so in the interest of career advancement. It was a romantic thing to move there in the first place, as I'd always wanted to live in the West.

Grand Junction is too small and it's half the state away,from Colorado's largest cities!Plus it still gets far,far,too cold in winter,and fall comes far too early,beginning in October.

The southwest will definitely be our destination.Somewhere with little to no winter,and not over 2,500' elevation.And within an hours drive of major attractions.
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Old 12-03-2014, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Greenville, Delaware
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Goodnight -- I'm pretty sure that GJ is warmer and less snowy in a normal winter than is anywhere in Ohio! You're also only about an hour and half from Telluride, about the same to Ouray, less to Glenwood Springs, and really only a couple of hours to Aspen. You're three hours to Colorado Springs and around the same to Denver, which isn't any different than the travel time from Austin or anywhere in the Hill Country to the DFW Metroplex, and the same could be said about travel from San Angelo to DFW, or somewhat longer actually. That's fine if Colorado doesn't interest you, but I'm not sure you're very well informed about GJ or the relative distances there.
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Old 12-04-2014, 05:02 AM
 
Location: north central Ohio
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Goodnight -- I'm pretty sure that GJ is warmer and less snowy in a normal winter than is anywhere in Ohio! You're also only about an hour and half from Telluride, about the same to Ouray, less to Glenwood Springs, and really only a couple of hours to Aspen. You're three hours to Colorado Springs and around the same to Denver, which isn't any different than the travel time from Austin or anywhere in the Hill Country to the DFW Metroplex, and the same could be said about travel from San Angelo to DFW, or somewhat longer actually. That's fine if Colorado doesn't interest you, but I'm not sure you're very well informed about GJ or the relative distances there.

I use this distance calculator~Distance Between Cities Places On Map Distance Calculator

And there is no way that tiny Telluride, or Ouray have anything that I would want to travel there for! And talk about 'treeless and barren'! Then again,visiting the large Metro areas in Colorado means high elevation,plus it's 242 mi.to Denver,309 mi. to Colorado Springs.

There is also no way that I care anything about visiting the DFW area in TX!
Austin and San Antonio would be where we would go,which are 1-1 1/2 hours drive from Hill Country,not 3 hours.
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Old 12-04-2014, 08:55 AM
 
Location: Sacramento Mtns of NM
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And there is no way that tiny Telluride, or Ouray have anything that I would want to travel there for! And talk about 'treeless and barren'!
Treeless and barren??? Not sure where you got that idea from, but those towns are two of the most spectacularly sited in the USA.

Granted - they are small, very expensive, and strictly tourist destinations aside from some minimal ongoing activity in the area mines.

This thread has drifted far off the path between Hill Country and Tucson, but the recent posts about Grand Junction and Montrose are still good suggestions in spite of being isolated from any major metro area.
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Old 12-04-2014, 10:08 AM
 
Location: north central Ohio
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Treeless and barren??? Not sure where you got that idea from, but those towns are two of the most spectacularly sited in the USA.

Granted - they are small, very expensive, and strictly tourist destinations aside from some minimal ongoing activity in the area mines.

This thread has drifted far off the path between Hill Country and Tucson, but the recent posts about Grand Junction and Montrose are still good suggestions in spite of being isolated from any major metro area.

Treeless and barren, is Grand Juntion!

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I would say that Colorado is not an option for us at all.

If I can get my son to give up on the thought of San Diego,which it seems he clings more tightly than ever to,I am pretty sure that Texas has won over Tucson.
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Old 12-04-2014, 12:21 PM
 
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Moved to Austin from Chicago ... Weather being one of the main reasons but we love it down here weather wise. The summer...which was apparently a bit cooler than most summers... Was nothing. It gets hot In summer all over no different in Chicago, Ohio or Texas. Yes, it's hotter for a bit longer but again.. We didn't mind it at all. But I couldn't tell you if it was more humid or not because hot feels like hot to me. At any rate there Re people from across the country moving here and most seem to adjust just fine to the climate.
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Old 12-04-2014, 03:23 PM
 
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I use this distance calculator~Distance Between Cities Places On Map Distance Calculator

And there is no way that tiny Telluride, or Ouray have anything that I would want to travel there for! And talk about 'treeless and barren'! Then again,visiting the large Metro areas in Colorado means high elevation,plus it's 242 mi.to Denver,309 mi. to Colorado Springs.

There is also no way that I care anything about visiting the DFW area in TX!
Austin and San Antonio would be where we would go,which are 1-1 1/2 hours drive from Hill Country,not 3 hours.
I think San Antone could be a good choice for u cuz the cost of living is low for big Texas Cities, its close to Hill Country, and you have Fiesta Texas, SeaWorld, and Schlitterbahn all in the general area.
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Old 12-04-2014, 04:08 PM
 
Location: north central Ohio
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I think San Antone could be a good choice for u cuz the cost of living is low for big Texas Cities, its close to Hill Country, and you have Fiesta Texas, SeaWorld, and Schlitterbahn all in the general area.
I agree,I think San Antonio sounds like such a fun place,and I would love the western/cowboy/Mexican element. Don't want to live right in the city,however.
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Old 12-05-2014, 01:16 AM
 
Location: Houston, Texas
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I'm a little late, but here is my take.

I was born and raised in Houston, and currently live there, after a stint in Phoenix (I've also visited Tucson). My brother lives in Austin so I'm familiar with the hill country. The hill country is definitely humid in the summer, although not as much as points east. But the humidity is nothing compared to the extreme dry desert heat of Arizona (Tucson is slightly cooler than Phoenix, they say). Some people with darker skin are able to soak up the Arizona sun more easily than others. I have very light skin, and get sunburned easily, so I prefer rain and cloud cover (while living in a warm climate).

If you are interested in theme parks, Arizona is a disappointment. Being in such close proximity to Southern California, Arizona just sort of cops out on certain things. Theme parks are one of those things. Arizonans love to brag about the proximity to places like LA, San Diego, Vegas, etc.., even though those places are all at least 6 hours away (and that is from Phoenix). The Texas Hill Country has Six Flags and Sea World in San Antonio, as well as the Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels.

If I had to choose, the Hill Country would be a no-brainer. I would definitely recommend visiting both in the summer time just so you know what to expect.
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